E-mail: d.boothby@northeastern.edu

Dan Boothby begins his 15th year with Northeastern University in 2019-20, holding many roles over the years, currently as the director of sports performance.  Boothby started at Northeastern in 2005 as the director of player development for the men’s and women’s ice hockey teams, where he provided injury screening alongside Northeastern’s physical therapy faculty, leading to significant decreases in injury rates among both programs and the framework for objective physiological and autonomic grading of athlete readiness. The emergence of technology in the field of sports performance and medicine has allowed this model to evolve rapidly over the past decade, and Boothby is passionate about Northeastern’s commitment to leading this progress through each of his positions.

Boothby was hired full-time in 2007 and promoted to director of strength and conditioning in 2009. Throughout this time, he also served as an adjunct professor at Mount Ida College, Lasell College, and at Northeastern.  As director of strength and conditioning, Boothby worked under his mentor, Art Horne, to help build Northeastern’s internship program that has aided more than 30 young strength coaches achieve their dream of working full-time in college or professional sports. Boothby also worked with the Boston Sports Medicine and Performance Group (BSMPG) to create the Basketball+Hockey Symposium and Sports Performance Summit, each held annually at Northeastern between 2008 and 2015, attracting some of the most innovative leaders in the field. Boothby has presented at BSMPG events, as well as at NSCA, USA Hockey, and other performance seminars during the last decade.

Boothby was named the director of sports performance in 2016, and in this current position works closely with his staff of athletic trainers, physical therapists and strength and conditioning coaches, as well as the medical staff from Boston Children’s Hospital Sports Medicine, in order to provide the best possible care and support of all Northeastern’s athletes and follow their model that, “optimal performance results from the successful integration of complex biological systems through improved perception of current environment, which facilitates an appropriate autonomic response to varying physical and cognitive loads.”

The generosity of a Northeastern Alumnus, Michael Gries and his family in 2011 and 2016, allowed for the remodel of the Cabot building and of the Gries Performance Lab. The lab features state of the art equipment including force plates, Watt bikes, 30 cardiovascular machines, blood lactate analyzers, and more, that provide the most reliable and valid information regarding athlete performance and health.  Michael Gries was a deep thinking and successful businessman who was very much involved in all aspects of the projects, and wanted to understand how they would augment the standard of care.  Michael inspired Boothby and the entire sports performance staff with his vision of professional development, the role that health and wellness plays in that development, his belief in the role that Northeastern’s academic and co-op experiences play in professional development, and the belief that mental and physical development are equally important in the growth model.

Outside of Northeastern, Boothby carries his passions to reach athletes of all ages. He is the co-founder of Boothby Performance, a 7,000 square foot sports performance training center located in Hingham, Mass. that focuses on the development of youth, collegiate, and professional athletes from Massachusetts and New England for nearly 10 years. Boothby Performance specializes in strength and conditioning training for ice hockey, football, and lacrosse players, and also provides individualized programs for all abilities, sports, and general wellness. Boothby works with his brother, Thomas Boothby, the owner, co-founder, and head coach of Boothby Performance, as well as his wife, Dr. Allison Boothby, a physical therapist, to help clients achieve personal and performance goals for improved stress management, pain reduction, and better quality of life. Boothby has also consulted for a variety of groups seeking performance gains, including gymnastic teams, NASCAR pit crews, and military and law enforcement. To coordinate all of his work and offer a more streamlined process to others, Boothby founded AthLogic, LLC., which is a software company providing sports performance departments with the tools for improved training program development and information dissemination, with enhanced transparency and logistics for both.

An additional interest of Boothby’s that continues the commitment to lifelong wellness and improving the lives of others, is Ever After Mustang Rescue in Biddeford, Maine. He sits as the President of the Board of Directors for the non-profit animal rescue that takes in wild mustangs, trains them, and then coordinates adoptions to suitable homes. Boothby has been involved with this family rescue for all his life and enjoys working with the horses, as well as creating youth enrichment programs around equestrian drills and outdoor survival skills.

Boothby currently resides in Rockland, Mass. with his wife, Allison, and their daughter, Eva.